COLING 2027: First Call for Papers
Website: https://2027.coling-iccl.org/
The 32nd International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2027) will take place in Macau, China, May 9-14 2027. COLING 2027 invites the submission of long and short papers featuring substantial, original, and unpublished research in all aspects of computational linguistics and natural language processing.
Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
* Benchmarking and Evaluation
* Computational Cognitive Modeling and Psycholinguistics
* Computational Social Science and Sociolinguistics
* Cross-lingual and Multilingual NLP (including Machine Translation)
* Dialogue and Interactive Systems
* NLP for Digital Humanities and Cultural Analytics
* Discourse and Pragmatics
* Ethics, Bias, Fairness, Alignment and Security
* Human-AI Interaction and Social Impact of AI systems (including User Studies)
* Information Extraction and Retrieval
* Interpretability and Analysis of NLP Models
* Knowledge-based NLP and Reasoning
* Language Acquisition, Learning and Evolution
* Language Diversity and NLP for Low-resourced/Less-studied Languages
* Language Modeling, including Novel Architectures
* Language Resources
* Linguistic Theories and Language Modeling for Linguistic Insights
* Machine Learning, including Resource-efficiency and Explainability
* Agent-based LLM systems
* Morphology and Syntax: Segmentation, Tagging, Chunking and Parsing
* Multimodality and Language Grounding to Vision, Robotics and Beyond
* Natural Language Generation, Summarization and Simplification
* NLP and LLM Applications
* Phonology and Speech: Recognition, Synthesis, Spoken Language Modeling
* Semantics: Lexical and Sentence-Level
* Sentiment Analysis, Opinion and Argument Mining, Offensive Language Detection
COLING 2027 will also feature a special theme track devoted to uses of NLP/LLMs in service of linguistic research, with a particular focus on linguistic diversity. A more detailed description of the special theme will be distributed in mid-August.
Submission Details
All papers must be submitted through ACL Rolling Review (ARR). The latest possible time to submit is the ARR 2026 October cycle, but papers that have already received reviews and a meta-review from ARR from earlier cycles can also be committed to COLING 2027. Please note that the October ARR cycle is shared between COLING 2027 and NAACL 2027 and that authors will be able to choose which conference they want to commit their paper to (only) after the meta-reviews have been released.
COLING 2027 invites the submission of long papers of up to eight (8) pages and short papers of up to four (4) pages. These page limits only apply to the main body of the paper. At the end of the paper (after the conclusion but before the references) papers need to include a mandatory section discussing the limitations of the work and, optionally, a section discussing ethical considerations. Papers can include unlimited pages of references and an unlimited appendix. Authors should follow the general instructions for COLING 2027 proceedings, which will be published on the conference website together with submission templates.
Important Dates
* ARR submission deadline (long & short papers): October 12, 2026
* Commitment after meta-reviews: December 23, 2026
* Notification of acceptance: February 10, 2027
* Main Conference: May 9–14, 2027
General Chairs
* Katrin Erk, University of Massachusetts Amherst
* Chengqing Zong, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Program Chairs
* Minlie Huang, Tsinghua University
* Joakim Nivre, Uppsala University
* Alexis Palmer, University of Colorado Boulder
* Sina Zarrieß, University of Bielefeld
For questions about submissions: coling2027-pcchairs(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:coling2027-pcchairs@googlegroups.com>
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Call for poster submission: Building Commons for Clinical LLMs
October 1-2, 2026, PariSanté Campus, Paris, France
https://health-data-hub.fr/page/building-commons-clinical-llms-internationa…
Fixed submission link: https://hdhpds.limesurvey.net/361124?lang=en
As Large Language Models (LLMs) continue to transform the medical landscape, the need for shared, compliant with regulations, and clinically-validated solutions has never been more vital for healthcare professionals. This conference aims to bridge the gap between academic research and medical application, focusing on the unique challenges of data privacy, model robustness, and clinical accuracy. On top of keynote presentations, panel sessions, and working group meetings, the conference aims to provide a space for researchers, clinicians, and industry players to share their latest findings and innovative projects through poster sessions.
We solicit communications that will be presented as posters. All topics relevant to the conference themes are welcome: clinical applications of LLMs, clinical benchmarks for LLMs, regulatory/ethical/safety frameworks, new technical approaches, etc.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
- Format: an extended abstract of 3 pages, plus unlimited references. The document, in PDF format, must contain at least: poster title; authors, affiliations, and contact; and a summary of the presented work.
- Submission deadline: July 31, 2026 (11:59 pm, AoE)
- Submission link [fixed]: https://hdhpds.limesurvey.net/361124?lang=en
- Selection criteria: abstracts will be selected based on their relevance to the conference themes and the clarity of their contribution
- Document templates are available:
- docx: https://health-data-hub.fr/sites/default/files/2026-06/Document_template_fo…
- LaTeX: an Overleaf document is provided at https://www.overleaf.com/read/jmjkfptzknpq#b5b164
- File> Download> Download as source (.zip) or log into Overleaf and File> Make a copy
Preregistration for the conference is open through the form at https://hdhpds.limesurvey.net/911354 --- the number of participants is limited, please preregister soon.
IMPORTANT DATES
- Submission: 31 July 2026
- Notification: 30 August 2026
- Conference: 1-2 October 2026
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Emmanuel Bacry, French Health Data Hub, 75015, Paris, France ; Université Paris Dauphine - PSL, CNRS, CEREMADE, 75016, Paris, France
Aurélie Névéol, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, LISN, 91400, Orsay, France
François Portet, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LIG, 38000, Grenoble, France
Xavier Tannier, Sorbonne Université, Limics, 75006, Paris, France
Pierre Zweigenbaum, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, LISN, 91400, Orsay, France
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
The Program Committee comprises all members of the Scientific Committee listed above, joined by:
Judith Abécassis, Inria Saclay – SODA, 91120, Palaiseau, France
Rémi Flicoteaux, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Department of medical information, Paris, France
Chuyuan Li, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LIG, 38000, Grenoble, France
KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
Confirmed keynote talks include:
- Evaluation and implementation of LLMs for medical tasks – Stanford Medicine (USA)
- Development and evaluation of a Japanese Medical LLM – RIKEN iTHEMS (Japan)
- Development of open-source digital commons (models, data, tools) for generative AI in healthcare and in French - PARTAGES Consortium (France)
VENUE: PARISANTÉ CAMPUS
Join us at PariSanté Campus, the beating heart of French excellence in digital health. Founded by leading public institutions, including Inserm, Inria, Université PSL, ANS, and the French Health Data Hub, this global innovation hub unites public research, over 60 cutting-edge startups, and healthcare industry leaders.
2-10 Rue d'Oradour-sur-Glane, 75015 Paris, France
Dear researchers and preservation professionals,
Have you encountered any issues when it comes to sharing, finding, accessing, and working with research data? If you are:
- a researcher who works with data on a daily basis,
- a professional who manages or curates research data
- a professional who works with the technical infrastructure required for managing or curating research data,
then your perspective on the future of FAIR long-term data preservation is invaluable.
We invite you to fill out a survey that investigates how research communities work with research data, and how data archives and repositories work with the different aspects that contribute to the quality of research (meta)data. Link to survey: https://nettskjema.no/a/eosc-eden-survey-2026
The Horizon Europe-funded EOSC EDEN project investigates and develops strategies for curation and long-term preservation of research data. One important aspect of the project is to collect insights from researchers and preservation professionals, with the aim of turning identified challenges into actionable improvements. Your professional insights will support our work on:
- Improving and standardising curation and preservation practices
- Developing the services and tools needed to enhance digital preservation strategies
- Enabling the reusability of research data
- Bridging knowledge across disciplines
- Equipping researchers with the knowledge to answer central research questions
Whether you work at a repository or in research, in a large organisation or a small team, and whatever your discipline or career stage, we would like to hear from you. Multiple responses from the same organisation are welcome, and we encourage you to share information about the survey with your professional networks.
Filling out the survey should take between 20-30 minutes to complete, and we will keep it open until Monday, 31st August, 2026.
You can find the survey here: https://nettskjema.no/a/eosc-eden-survey-2026
For any questions about the survey or the work of EOSC EDEN, please contact Helene N. Andreassen (Project Task Lead) at helene.n.andreassen(a)uit.no.
Thank you for sharing your experience — your contribution is greatly valued!
Sincerely,
Camilla Hagen Blixhavn, Helene N. Andreassen, and Philipp Conzett, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
– On behalf of EOSC EDEN Work Package 3 “Discipline-specific requirements, validation, and future use”
https://eden-fidelis.eu
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Camilla Hagen Blixhavn
PhD in neuroinformatics
Senior adviser, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
camilla.h.blixhavn(a)uit.no
https://en.uit.no/ansatte/camilla.h.blixhavn
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
AstroCLIMB: Astronomy Citation Linking from Illustrations, a Multimodal
Benchmark
Shared task of the 4th Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for
Scientific Publications (WASP 2026), co-located with IJCNLP-AACL 2026
Workshop: November 9-10, 2026 (online)
Task page: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/WIESP/2026/shared_task [1]
Kaggle competition:
https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/astroclimb/overview [2]
Dataset: https://huggingface.co/datasets/adsabs/AstroCLIMB [3]
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OVERVIEW
Scientists rely on figures to communicate their results, yet the
information locked in those figures is hard to parse, archive, and
search. Recent multimodal models promise to change that, but they have
seen little testing on real scientific figures. AstroCLIMB, built in
partnership with astroexplorer.org [4], offers a benchmark to probe
exactly this capability: can a model reconstruct part of the citation
graph of astronomy papers from their figures and captions alone?
The dataset comprises over 100K figure-and-caption pairs drawn from
recent open-access astronomy papers.
TASK
Multi-class, single-label classification. Each input is a pair of
objects: two figures, a figure and a caption, or two captions. The
relation is symmetric, and each pair has exactly one label:
- same figure: the two objects come from the same scientific figure
(figure-caption pairs only)
- same paper: the two objects come from the same paper (same DOI)
- related papers: one object's paper cites the other's
- unrelated papers: none of the above
A note on scope: AstroCLIMB is meant as a benchmark for multimodal
models rather than an end in itself. Participants are not expected to
train large models from scratch for it; computing basic statistics or
folding it into a larger multimodal training pipeline is very much in
keeping with the intent.
DATA
Two versions of the same dataset are available:
- Full dataset (Hugging Face): over 94K rows, each with a figure, its
caption, and metadata (source DOI, title, authors, cited and citing
DOIs) describing an astronomy citation graph as an adjacency list. Pairs
are not enumerated; you generate them from the adjacency list.
https://huggingface.co/datasets/adsabs/AstroCLIMB [3]
- Evaluation dataset (Kaggle): 10K enumerated pairs each in the train
and test splits, with labels. Many more pairs can be generated from the
full dataset.
https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/astroclimb/overview [2]
In the Kaggle data, some objects are English-language strings, and
others are images encoded as strings; a helper notebook for decoding
them to images is provided on Kaggle.
EVALUATION
Systems are evaluated on Kaggle using macro-F1 over the four classes.
Submissions are CSV files with per-class indicators; a sample submission
is available on the competition page.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
1. Register and join the competition on Kaggle to access the data and
score submissions:
https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/astroclimb/overview [2]
2. Optionally, write up your system description as a paper using the ACL
LaTeX template
(https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files [5]) and submit it via
OpenReview:
https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2026/Workshop/WASP
[6]
System description papers undergo light peer review and, if accepted,
are published in the WASP 2026 proceedings in the ACL Anthology. We
encourage a submission regardless of leaderboard position.
TIMELINE (subject to change; all deadlines 11.59 pm UTC-12h, anywhere on
Earth)
- 1st CfP + Registration opens: July 27, 2026
- Train and scoring portion of test data release: July 27, 2026
- Registration ends: September 12, 2026
- System run and output submission: September 13, 2026
- System paper submission: September 14, 2026
- Result announcement: October 1, 2026
- Camera-ready submission: October 12, 2026
- Full data release: November 2, 2026
- Workshop: November 9-10, 2026
CONTACT
For inquiries, contact Felix Grezes at felix.grezes(a)cfa.harvard.edu
We look forward to your participation.
Links:
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[1] https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/WIESP/2026/shared_task
[2] https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/astroclimb/overview
[3] https://huggingface.co/datasets/adsabs/AstroCLIMB
[4] http://astroexplorer.org/
[5] https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files
[6]
https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2026/Workshop/WASP
Journal: Dialogue and Discourse [ https://www.dialogue-and-discourse.org ]
Issue: Volume 17, Issue 2
Call Deadline: October 1st, 2026
We are pleased to announce the call for submissions for the next regular issue of the journal Dialogue and Discourse. Submissions are invited on all topics in the formal, computational, or psycholinguistic study of dialogue and discourse.
Submissions received by October 1st, 2026 will be considered for the next regular issue. Later submissions will be slated for the next available issue.
About the journal
Dialogue and Discourse (D&D) is the first peer-reviewed free open access journal dedicated exclusively to work that deals with language "beyond the sentence". The journal adopts an interdisciplinary perspective, accepting work from Linguistics, Computer Science, Psychology, Sociology, Philosophy, and related fields with an interest in formally, technically, empirically, or experimentally rigorous approaches. We are committed to ensuring the highest editorial standards and rigorous peer-review of all submissions, while granting open access to all interested readers.
As of July 2026, D&D has published 125 papers, and the journal's h-index is 31. D&D is endorsed by ACL SIGdial, SemDial, and AMLaP. D&D is indexed by major databases including ACL Anthology, DBLP, DOAJ, ERIH PLUS, LLBA, MLA International Bibliography, and Scopus.
Submissions
Submissions should be made via the online submission system at http://www.dialogue-and-discourse.org/submission.shtml
Authors should provide a concise cover letter with their submission. The cover letter should: (i) present an argument for why the submission is appropriate for D&D, with explicit reference to the journal's aims and scope [ see https://dialogue-and-discourse.org/about.shtml ] and (ii) outline the innovative aspects of the submission.
Extended versions of previously published conference papers are welcome provided they contain substantial new material. Simultaneous submission to another venue is prohibited.
Selected papers will furthermore be offered the opportunity to present a poster at the next SIGDIAL Conference [ https://www.sigdial.org ].
Issue Editors:
Pierre Lison (Volume 17, Issue 2)
Rebecca Clift (Volume 17, Issue 1)
Manfred Stede (Volume 16, Issue 2)
Casey Kennington (Volume 16, Issue 1)
Editor-in-Chief:
David R. Traum, University of Southern California, United States
Associate Editors:
Rebecca Clift, University of Essex, UK
Barbara Di Eugenio, University of Illinois Chicago, US
Kallirroi Georgila, University of Southern California, US
Jonathan Ginzburg, Université Paris-Cité, France
Pat Healey, Queen Mary University London, UK
Ryuichiro Higashinaka, Nagoya University, Japan
Casey Kennington, Boise State University, US
Pierre Lison, Norwegian Computing Center, Norway
Massimo Poesio, Queen Mary University London & Utrecht University
Manfred Stede, University of Potsdam, Germany
Amir Zeldes, Georgetown University, US
Dear all,
We are glad to announce the publication of "Statistical Modeling for (Actual) Hypothesis Testing: Building Cumulative Knowledge in Corpus Linguistics" by Tove Larsson and Gregory R. Hancock in the Cambridge Elements in Corpus Linguistics series. It is freely downloadable until 11 August, using the following URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/statistical-modeling-for-actual-hyp…
Here is a summary of the Element:
By building knowledge in a deliberate and systematic manner, we can gain a more complete understanding of a given research area relevant to corpus linguists. Specifically, empirically informed hypotheses (i.e., hypotheses that result from a synthesis of findings from all relevant prior studies) play a key role in this endeavor in that they enable us to test to what extent generalizations from previous research are consistent with our results, or if we need to make adjustments to our existing knowledge or theory. In this Element, we aim to provide a practical and accessible introduction to select statistical methods for evaluating such empirically informed hypotheses. In particular, we illustrate techniques from the broader null-hypothesis significance testing framework (e.g., equivalence testing), and structural equation modeling framework (e.g., measured variable path analysis), with the goal of encouraging knowledge building in a more principled and systematic manner in corpus linguistics.
Best wishes,
Paul Baker & Gaëtanelle Gilquin (series editors)
Hello,
We are looking for a driven PhD candidate to work on NLP tools that help us change how we measure and mitigate bias in the media.
Instead of focusing solely on factual accuracy, this project shifts the paradigm to narrative and argumentative diversity.
Please share the job offering with potential candidates. Applications should only be made via the Inria website.
The PhD student will be part of CEDAR at Inria Saclay, France, in the Paris area.
[ https://lnkd.in/exXntevw ] [ https://recrutement.inria.fr/public/classic/en/offres/2026-10222 | https://recrutement.inria.fr/public/classic/en/offres/2026-10222 ]
Best regards,
Oana Balalau
Our department is looking for a Lecturer in French linguistics and language
(specialization open). Please read the job announcement here for more
information, and note that the application deadline is *July 30*:
https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/2404/
==> Only one more month to submit your abstract! <==
*** 2nd Call for Abstracts ***
*** NARNiHS 2027
*** North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics
*** Ninth Annual Meeting
*** 100% IN PERSON
*** Co-Located with the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting
*** San Francisco, California, USA
*** 6-9 January 2027
This event offers an opportunity for scholars from all over the world to gather and share leading research in historical sociolinguistic methods of linguistic inquiry; and we invite our fellow historical sociolinguists and scholars in related fields from our global scholarly community to join us in San Francisco for our 9th Annual Meeting.
Consult this Call for Abstracts on the web: https://narnihs.org/?page_id=3542 .
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Abstract submission online:
https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/NARNiHS_2027
Deadline: Monday, 24 August 2026, 11:59 PM US Eastern time.
Late abstracts will not be considered.
The North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics (NARNiHS) is accepting abstracts for its 9th Annual Meeting. As a Sister Society of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), NARNiHS will hold its Annual Meeting sessions at the LSA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Wednesday-Saturday, 6-9 January 2027. The 9th edition of this inclusive NARNiHS event seeks to provide a collaborative environment where presenters bring fully developed work for presentation and enrichment. We see the NARNiHS Annual Meeting as a place for showcasing excellent projects in historical sociolinguistics, seeking feedback from peers, and engaging in productive development of the field's enduring questions.
NARNiHS welcomes papers in all areas of historical sociolinguistics, which is understood as the application and/or development of sociolinguistic theories, methods, and models for the study of historical language variation and change over time, or more broadly, the study of the interaction of language and society in historical periods and from historical perspectives. Thus, a wide range of linguistic areas, subdisciplines, methodologies, and adjacent disciplines easily find their place within historical sociolinguistics, and we encourage submission of abstracts that reflect this broad scope.
Abstracts will be accepted for both 20-minute papers and posters. Accepted papers will be organized into thematic sessions that will be scheduled throughout the 4 days of the LSA conference; accepted posters will be scheduled together in the LSA poster gallery. Please note that, at NARNiHS events, poster presentations are an integral and equal part of the intellectual exchange (not second-tier presentations). Abstracts will be assigned a paper or a poster presentation based on determinations in the review process about the most effective format for the submission. However, *if you prefer that your submission be considered primarily for poster presentation*, please specify this in your abstract.
Successful abstracts will demonstrate *thorough grounding* in historical sociolinguistics, *scientific rigor* in the formulation of research questions, and *promise for rich discussion* of ideas. Successful abstracts will be explicit about which *theoretical frameworks*, *methodological protocols*, and *analytical strategies* are being applied or critiqued. *Data sources and examples* should be sufficiently presented, so as to allow reviewers a full understanding of the scope and claims of the research. Please note that *the connection of your research to the field of historical sociolinguistics* should be explicitly outlined in your abstract. Failure to adhere to these criteria will likely result in rejection of the abstract.
*** Abstract Format Guidelines ***.
- Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format.
- Abstracts must fit on one 8.5x11-inch or A4 page, with margins no smaller than 1 inch (2.54 cm) and a font style and size no smaller than Times New Roman 12 point. You are encouraged to use the entire page to provide a full and robust description of the research. All additional supporting content (visualizations, trees, tables, figures, captions, examples, and references) must fit on a single (1) additional page. No exceptions to these requirements are allowed; abstracts longer than one page or with more than one additional page of supporting content will be rejected without review.
- Specify if you prefer your submission be considered primarily for a poster presentation.
- Anonymize your abstract. We realize that sometimes complete anonymity is not attainable, but there is a difference between the nature of the research creating an inability to anonymize and careless non-anonymizing (in citations, references, file names, etc.). Be sure to also anonymize your PDF file (you may do so in Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking on "File", then "Properties", removing your name if it appears in the "Author" line of the "Description" tab, and re-saving the file before submission). Do not use your name as the file name when saving your PDF (e.g. Smith_Abstract.pdf); file names may not be automatically anonymized by the EasyAbs system. Rather, use non-identifying information in your file name (e.g. HistSoc4Lyfe.pdf). Your name should only appear in the online form accompanying your abstract submission. Abstracts that are not sufficiently anonymized wherever possible will be rejected without review.
*** General Requirements ***.
- Abstracts must be submitted electronically using the following link: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/NARNiHS_2027
- Authors may submit a maximum of two abstracts: One single-author abstract and one co-authored abstract.
- Authors may not submit identical abstracts for presentation in NARNiHS Sessions and at the LSA Annual Meeting or another LSA Sister Society meeting (ADS, ANS, NAHoLS, SCiL, SPCL, or SSILA).
- Specify if you prefer your submission be considered primarily for a poster presentation.
- After submission, no changes of author, title, or wording of the abstract may occur. If your abstract is accepted, adjustment of typographical errors is permitted before a final version of the abstract is printed in the conference booklet.
- Papers and posters must be delivered as projected in the abstract or represent bona fide developments of the same research.
- Authors are expected to attend the conference in-person and present their own papers and posters. This will not be a hybrid event.
Contact us at NARNiHistSoc(a)gmail.com with any questions.